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Issei ichidai nakamura utaemon no shunkan

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon as a priest holding a mirror in a snowy landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vert... More

Nakamura utaemon no denkaibō - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon portraying Den Kaibō dancing with a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban ... More

Tamaya yoji, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Public domain image related to music ...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Lib... More

Ushiwaka denji shinzo shiratama - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actors portraying the roles of a man and a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms pa... More

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregom...

Print shows two actors in the role of warriors during a sword fight. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie ... More

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregom...

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... More

Ishikawa goemon ichidai banashi sawamura gennosuke ichikawa danjūrō

Print shows two actors in the role of Ishikawa Goemon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Dipty... More

Hikyoku no biwa no hana matsunami kengyō jitsuwa akushichibyōe

Head-and-shoulders portrait of the actor Aku Hichibei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie (Chirimen-e). Fr... More

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sandaime sawamura sojūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Four actors (right to left): Kurḡoda Ukinaga, Saitogo Kunitake and Onna Gyōja, and Nagata no Tarō Nagamune. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows three actors, two with swords and one who appears to be an evil spirit. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in... More

Iwai Shijaku no Miyahime - Public domain scan of print

Print shows onnagata actor Iwai Shijaku, full-length portrait, in the role of Miyahime, standing next to a stream in a hilly landscape with two rabbits in the background.

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Print shows a scene from the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, with actors playing Igami no Gonta, his wife Kosen, the servant Kokingo, and another person. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Sawamura Sōjūrō no Ichihōshi Ōtomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigorō no...

Sawamura Sojurō and Yamatogawa Tomigoro in the role of a samurai and his page who is offering him a cup of tea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Nakamura shikan segawaki kunojō nakamura karoku

Print shows the actors Nakamura Shikan, Segawa Kikunojō, and Nakamura Karoku as samurai, one disguised(?) as a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Attributed to: Enryosai Shigemitsu. Triptych matted in 3 sect... More

Seki sanjūrō ichikawa danjūrō iwai hanshirō

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1457a), center (1457b), right (1457c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Sugawara no michizane, Shigemasa Kitao - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sugawara no Michizane, an actor, sitting on a platform beneath pine and plum trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Form... More

Segawa kikunojō, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an actor portraying a woman holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; ... More

Yodaime iwai hanshirō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing, portraying a female role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format:... More

Saruwaka - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two Saruwaka actors. Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting male actor in kabuki theater scene, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sawamura sōjūrō [to] segawa kikunojō - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actors Sawamura Sōjūrō and Segawa Kikunogō, one in the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern repr... More

Shishi, Eishōsai Chōki - Public domain drawing

Print shows four actors carrying a lion costume, fans, and a lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Seirō niwaka ... More

Rokudanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows two men (one is probably Kampei) and a young woman (probably Okaru). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Ch... More

[Actors performing] - Public domain drawing

Print shows two actors, on the right, one appears to be climbing out of his costume to take the lid off a basket while the other actor crawls to the left. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby... More

Yodaime Iwai Hanshirō, Utagawa Kunimasa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actor Iwai Hanshirō IV, three-quarter length portrait, reclining, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Iwai Hanshirō no Sagoemon musume Oyone

Print shows the actor Iwai, Hanshiro in the role of Oyone, Sagoemon's daughter, full-length, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... More

Iwai hanshirō no ōiso no onna umakata tragauishi no ofumi

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arashirikan no mashiba hisatugu; nakamura utaemon; ichikawa hakuen

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1930a), center (1930b), right (1930c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Hakata kojorō kezori kuemon komachiya sōshichi

Print shows two actors on board a ship and one in the water; portraying Hakata Kojurō, the smuggler or pirate, Kezori Kuemon, and the merchant, Komachiya Sōshichi. Title and other descriptive information compil... More

Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (424a), center (424b), right (424c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

Iwai kumesaburō ichikawa danjūrō iwai shijyaku

Print shows actors in a fight scene. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1499a), center (1499b), righ... More

Yamauba to kaidōmaru, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows actors portraying the old woman of the mountain, Yamauba, and the wild boy, Kaidomaru. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Dip... More

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nagoya sanzaburō fuwa banzaemon katsuragi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows the courtesan Katsuragi outside a sedan chair between two rival lovers and samurai, one is her husband Nagoya Sanza and the other is Fuwa Banzaemon. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (422a), cente... More

Nagoya sanzaburō fuwa banzaemon katsuragi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Kobayashi no asahina, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

A half-length portrait of an actor, facing left, wearing robe with bird motif. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From card attached to m... More

Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Nakamura tomijūrō no ōiso no tora

Print shows the actor Nakamura Tomijūrō, full-length portrait, holding a bonsai on a tray, in the female role of Ōiso no Tora.

[Kabuki scene of early photography] / Yoshiiku.

Triptych shows four actors: two men on the left, a man in the center holding a book and some prints or photographs, and a woman on the right standing with a large camera behind her. Triptych matted in 3 sectio... More

Sogano jūrō sukenari soga no gorō tokimune tegoshi no sukuna

Print shows a scene from a Soga play, with the Soga brothers and a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 section... More

Sogano jūrō sukenari soga no gorō tokimune tegoshi no sukuna

Seki sanjūrō ichikawa danjūrō iwai hanshirō

Sannin no yakusha - A painting of a group of women with umbrellas

Print shows three actors, two playing shamisens and one with a teapot or sake pot, two are in the roles of women.

Ichikawa ebizō no shinozuka goseki yaburi, Kiyomasu Torii

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushi-e. Ukiyoe oroshi [gōrd] Tori shio cho Okumura-ya. Forms part of: Japanese print... More

Ichikawa ebizō no kinzaemon yorikata, Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Kinzaemon Yorikata fighting a tiger. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-... More

[Caricature of musician or actor dancing, with a cat at his feet]

Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kitao Shigemasa - Ichikawa raizō no umeōmaru to nakajima mihoemon no s...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Attributed to: Shigemasa, Kitao. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth co... More

Yamashita kinsaku no yoshitomo no shōjin tokiwagozen

Print shows Yamashita Kinsaku II, full-length, standing, facing left, holding a long, narrow wall hanging, in the role of Tokiwa Gozen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

Ichikawa komazō no sano no genzaemon segawa kikunojō no keisei tamagik...

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Komazō as Sanno no Genzaemon holding an umbrella and walking with the courtesan Tamagiku, portrayed by the actor Segawa Kikunojō. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Onoe matsusuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Onoe Matsusuke, half-length portrait framed by a fan, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ser... More

Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with painting of a deer in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More

Nakajima kanzaemon, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Nakajima Kanzaewmon, half-length portrait, facing right in fan-shaped frame. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fro... More

Sanogawa ichimatsu, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu, half-length portrait, portraying a female, facing left in fan-shaped frame. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Kudanme, Shunsh Katsukawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Tonase holding a sword, standing behind her step-daughter Konami on a veranda as Honzō walks by, disguised as a traveling monk, wearing a beehive-shaped basket over his head and playing a recorder. ... More

Kudanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows two women (Konami and her stepmother Tonase) and another person (possibly Oishi, wife of Yuranosuke) standing behind a screen, listening to them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - San yakusha kaian-ji no momijigari

Print shows the actors Matsumoto Koshirō V, Bandō Mitsugorō III, and Iwai Hanshirō V in rural landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa Rokō to Bandō Mitsugorō

Print shows the actors Segawa Roko and Bando Mitsugoro as travelers, one carrying a large box suspended from a pole that rests on his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Sawamura Tanosuke no Yūsuke nyōbō Osen

Print shows Sawamura Tanosuke, an actor, in the role of Osen, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, carrying a wooden bucket containing flowers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Seki sanjurō no umeōmaru

Print shows the actor Seki Sanjurō, full-length portrait, standing in a crouching position in front of a stone wall, with bamboo staff at his feet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Manzai, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a screen painting of two strolling comedic actors, one carrying a hand-held drum and the other is holding a fan in front of his face. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-... More

Nakamura shikan, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Nakamura Shikan as a samurai holding a bow and arrow in a snowy landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

Otowaya baikō yamashironokuni meisho ide no tamagawa

Print shows Otowaya Baikō, an actor, full-length, wearing flowing kimono and geta, standing, holding a fan in his right hand and a pipe in his left hand, raised and pointing to the right; a procession of men is... More

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (423a), center (423b), right (423c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Ibaragiya denzō ibaragiya kokonoe akita hideie hoka

Print shows actors and musicians performing for a nobleman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 sections: left (1497a)... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura karoku ichikawa yaozō

Print shows two actors, Nakamura Karoku and Ichikawa Yaozo, one sitting on the back of a giant toad. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. D... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura karoku ichikawa yaozō

Tanizawa tanomo wakatō kihei iwafuji meshitsukai chiyo, Kuniyoshi Utag...

Print shows actors portraying a woman and two men in an episode depicting the ritual suicide of one of the male characters. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (425a), center (425b), right (425c). Title and oth... More

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ichikawa Danjūrō, Iwai Hanshirō, Bandō Mitsugorō

Print shows the actors Ichikawa Danjuro, Iwai Hanshiro, and Bando Mitsugoro as two warriors about to attack an unarmed person, possibly a scene from the chushingura.

Soga no taimen, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print showing a man sitting on a raised platform, with a warrior sitting on the left and a warrior standing on the right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō mitsugorō to bandō minosuke

Print shows two actors in roles as samurai. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: The right and left panels of a vertical Oban Nis... More

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Nakayama tomisaburō - Public domain print

Portrait of the actor Nakayama Tomisaburō. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows three actors as warrior/metalworkers hammering a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: lef... More

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

Narutonomae; taira no munemori kyō; akugenta yoshihira

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seki sanjūrō ichikawa danjūrō iwai hanshirō

Kiyonobu Torii - Iwai sagenta [to] katsuyama matagorō

Print shows actors Iwai Sagenta and Katsuyama Matagorō, one reclining on a veranda, the other about to climb steps to the veranda. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

[A clown wearing colorful costume and mask, with wild hair and hat wit...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[A popular hero, Shibaraku], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows an actor as a samurai making a grand entrance at the "Shibaraku" moment on the kabuki stage. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kiyohiro Torii - Ichimura kamezō nakamura kiyoza[sa?]

Print shows the actors Ichimura Kamezō and Nakamura Kiyoza, one portraying a female role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hoso... More

Tomizawa hanzaburō, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Tomizawa Hanzaburō, half-length portrait framed by a fan, in the role of a female servant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Nidaime bandō mitsugorō no anno heibei, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows Bandō Mitsugorō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: central p... More

Fūryū onna shikisanba, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women (or the male actors portraying women) in the role of the three old men who typically perform the Okin Shikisanba, a sacred ceremonial no dance. Title and other descriptive information co... More

Bandō Hikosaburō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Bandō, Hikosaburō, full-length portrait, standing, wearing a cape, and holding with his right hand raised, a bamboo rod with a paper attached to the end. Title and other descriptive inform... More

[Kyōgen play with three characters, one wearing a large hat and a disk...

Signature or inscription in upper right corner. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Nidanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Rikiya, with sword and fan, standing next to Konami, kneeling on the floor, offering him a cup of tea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Arashi kishisaburō no sasaki takatsuna, Hokushū Shunkōsai

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie, Osaka-e. Formerly attributed to: Katsukawa, Shunsen, 1762-ca. 1830. Fo... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ichikawa monnosuke no yaoya oshichi

Print shows actor Ichikawa Monnosuke, wearing distinctive star-burst kimono, seated on the floor playing a shamisen in the role of Yaoya Oshichi, the greengrocer's daughter. Title and other descriptive informat... More

Sandaime Onoe Kikugorō no Ōboshi Yuranosuke, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows a full-length portrait of Onoi Kikugorō, actor, facing left, holding sword in right hand, wearing robe, in the role of Ōboshi Yuranosuke, one of the 47 Rōnin, in his farewell performace. Greeting an... More

Onoe baikō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

Print shows the actor Onoe Baiko, full-length portrait, standing on a boat, wearing heavy coat and geta, during snowstorm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

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